I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what...

The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what...

The magistrates are the ministers for the laws, the judges their interpreters, the rest of...

The magistrates are the ministers for the laws, the judges their interpreters, the rest of...

Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than...

Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than...

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.

Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due.

Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due.

The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.

The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.

Superstition is a senseless fear of God

Superstition is a senseless fear of God

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

Hatred is settled anger.

Hatred is settled anger.

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad...

Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad...

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with...

What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with...

Like associates with like.

Like associates with like.

What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.

What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.

The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.

The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.

I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and...

I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and...

Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those...

Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those...